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Bears wide receiver Anthony Miller says team will begin ‘new era’ this season

The 23-year-old rookie wide receiver said Thursday there are “a lot of people sleeping on” the Bears in 2018.

Written ByE.Jay Zarett

Anthony Miller thinks the Bears offense will be much improved this season.

Chicago provided second-year quarterback Mitchell Trubisky with multiple reliable pass-catchers in the offseason by signing former Eagles tight end Trey Burton as well as Pro Bowl receiver Allen Robinson. It also picked Miller out of Memphis in the second round of the 2018 draft.

The 23-year-old rookie wide receiver said Thursday there are “a lot of people sleeping on” the Bears in 2018.

"We're that new team,” Miller said (via ESPN). "We've got a couple of new guys, but the history of this team hasn't been what we wanted it to be, so we're about to rewrite it. This is the beginning of something new, a new era in Chicago."

Trubisky averaged 182.2 yards passing and threw the same number of touchdowns as interceptions (seven) in 12 games as a rookie last season.

The Bears, however, will run a new offense in 2018 as they fired coach John Fox and replaced him with former Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy in early January.

"I have a really good idea of what this offense looks like and where we're at and how we need to go about our business and execute our plays," Trubisky said.